Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, has banned all forms of tobacco ads, promotions, while curbs on smoking in hotels come into force in Dubai.
Archive - January 2008
Three draft bills on further restrictions of tobacco and alcohol adverts have been submitted to the Ukrainian parliament and are planned for prompt...
The deadline for submitting final offers in the privatisation of Tekel, Turkey's state-owned tobacco company, was extended to 18 February by the...
A Nigerian court adjourned on Monday the government's NGN 5.3 trillion (US$ 44 billion) lawsuit against three tobacco firms until March to enable the...
Russia, Europe's biggest cigarette market, is dominated by global tobacco companies such as Altria's Philip Morris division, British American...
Philip Morris USA has filed lawsuits against two cigarette importers for alleged counterfeiting and unauthorised use of the Marlboro trademark.
On Wednesday, the Franco-Spanish tobacco company, Altadis, raised its cigarette prices by € 0.10 (US$ 0.15) a packet, reported Reuters.
The offer period had originally been set to end on 11 January, but will be extended to the maximum of 70 days under Spanish takeover rules, or until 20...
Mayr-Melnhof Karton has announced that it will sell its majority interest in the recovered paper companies, Papyrus Group and Parek.
The ban will apply to most enclosed public spaces as well as some outdoor locations such as stadiums and the gardens of mosques and hospitals and to taxis and...
The duty on cigarettes in Poland is to rise by 23 per cent starting from 14 January 2008.
As of 1 January, new cigarette packs will carry graphic images and text outlining the dangers of smoking in Switzerland.
As of Saturday, Iran has implemented a smoking ban in all public places, hotels, restaurants, tea houses and coffee shops.
On 29 December, president George W. Bush signed into law a temporary extension of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Drastic measures to curb smoking went into effect on 1 January in France with a full ban on lighting up in cafes, restaurants and discotheques.
The head of the Portuguese agency responsible for enforcing a new ban on smoking in public was seen lighting up at a New Year party, breaking the law on the...
The new laws ban smoking in restaurants and bars that don't have separate smoking rooms. But the precise guidelines vary widely from state to state with...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has agreed to pay EU governments US$ 400 million over the next 15 years to combat the sale of illegal and counterfeit...
The board of directors of Loews Corp. today approved a plan to spin off its entire ownership interest in Lorillard, Inc. to holders of its Carolina Group stock...
Cigarette vending machines could be banned from pubs and clubs under government plans to fight cancer and stop youngsters taking up smoking.